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court used to make the law, to shape the law, to define the law of capital punishment. when we agreed on that we said that's it. then the publisher changed it to legal crimes, lethal crimes and landmark cases. but the fact that we agreed on -- >> guest: which we have to agree was an improvement. [laughter] >> guest: i don't know. i think it works. >> guest: coming up with that team, the unifying theme was the hardest part. we made several false starts over the years. >> guest: the concern was there was another book called murder in the supreme court. that is a novel about a murder at the supreme court. we were concerned about that. you know, we weren't going to let that get in our way. this is "murder at the supreme court" at is how the supreme court used murder in the punishment that is appropriate for it. but i think it is a good time and it does capture what the book is all about. these are all legal crimes and what the court said about him, or just landmark decisions. >> host: i think what's neat about the time and the way the book is done, the barcode and where the
court used to make the law, to shape the law, to define the law of capital punishment. when we agreed on that we said that's it. then the publisher changed it to legal crimes, lethal crimes and landmark cases. but the fact that we agreed on -- >> guest: which we have to agree was an improvement. [laughter] >> guest: i don't know. i think it works. >> guest: coming up with that team, the unifying theme was the hardest part. we made several false starts over the years. >>...
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moralities are made by the law, the laws must conform to morality. you also have no divination of any human being allowed among the jews. that's key. why? because you go to any pagan area -- the pharoah, right? the caesar, alexander the great in greece, you have a divination of the king. they're considered to be god, also chief priests, so you have an infusion of political power. united in one man. caesar was both the chief priest and the emperor but also considered define. christianity steps right in following judaism and makes it more intense. and one of the reasons it's made more intense is jesus ups the moral ante. making the case for what i call radical monogamy. judaism allowed polygamy, judaism allowed for divorce, and christianity, no. lifelong union of male and female, no divorce except under very particular circumstances. so the church was the overseer of in this numeralty. and when jesus said my kingdom is not of this world, then you made the split complete because that meant that the king in the temporal rule were then to be kept distinct
moralities are made by the law, the laws must conform to morality. you also have no divination of any human being allowed among the jews. that's key. why? because you go to any pagan area -- the pharoah, right? the caesar, alexander the great in greece, you have a divination of the king. they're considered to be god, also chief priests, so you have an infusion of political power. united in one man. caesar was both the chief priest and the emperor but also considered define. christianity steps...
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morality isn't made by the law, the laws must conform to morality. you've also have no dividization of any human being allowed among the jews. that's key because you go to any pagan, the -- king considered to be a god and chief priest so you have a fusion of religion and political power. that's the normal situation for most of human history. a fusion. united in one man. cesar was the chief priest and the emperor and also considered divine. christianity steps right in, following judaism, and makes it more intense. and one of the reasons it's made more intense is jesus ups the moral ante, making the case for what i call radical monogamy. judaism allowed for divorce, christianity, no. no doctors exceptor in particular circumstances. so the church was the overseer of this knew moriality, and when jesus said, my kingdom is not of this world, then he made the split complete because that meant that the king and the temporal rule were then to be kept distinct from the church and the kingdom of god. that depend in the middle ages and you have theoclearers acc
morality isn't made by the law, the laws must conform to morality. you've also have no dividization of any human being allowed among the jews. that's key because you go to any pagan, the -- king considered to be a god and chief priest so you have a fusion of religion and political power. that's the normal situation for most of human history. a fusion. united in one man. cesar was the chief priest and the emperor and also considered divine. christianity steps right in, following judaism, and...
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one cow laws secular liberals from self-defense against christianity? whatever particular the liberals may happen to believe because they tend to mix and match and i go over some of that in the 19th century where people are not clear about the pedigree of the faults so they are ending up with were from here and here but to separate those and make them distinct we need to go back to the beginning and that is why i chose machiavelli because it is crystal clear and run down. love the grt bot why that's part of it because you see in these original thinkers what is at stake and what is the essence of liberalism, that is explicit self conscious rejection of christianity and the affirmation of this material few as the sole reality and location of our entire goals one. well >> host: you do see some problems with mainline christian churches or liberal christian churches in sort of undermining the church's authority to persuade people as you say it's impossible for anything supranatural to erupt into the world and disturb the secular order. you see the splinterin
one cow laws secular liberals from self-defense against christianity? whatever particular the liberals may happen to believe because they tend to mix and match and i go over some of that in the 19th century where people are not clear about the pedigree of the faults so they are ending up with were from here and here but to separate those and make them distinct we need to go back to the beginning and that is why i chose machiavelli because it is crystal clear and run down. love the grt bot why...